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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Kate Anderson " <career@platonniaga.com>
Reply-To: kateanderson068@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 01:10:56 +1000
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME


Hello Friend, Good day to you, I'm very sorry to have disturbed you with my=
Proposal but I am glad to know you but God knows you better and he knows w=
hy he has directed me to you at this point in time. My name is Kate Anderso=
n; I am 25 years old girl, from London -England, where I am schooling and w=
ork as a fashion designer for part time job after my school. I am the only =
daughter of my parents my father died on a fatal auto accident on his way t=
o see my sick mother at the hospital where she was admitted for Cancer trea=
tment, she also died when she heard about the death of my father same day a=
t the hospital. Before the death of my father, he had willed part of his Re=
al Estate Business, Gas Stations and a total sum of =A350,700,000.00(Fifty =
Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) to me. After the death of =
my both parents, things became hard for me, paying my school fees, putting =
food on the table and taking care of my other needs with my fashion designe=
r work which I do as a part time work after my school can't help, I went to=
the bank where my late father deposited the fund on my behalf to with-draw=
money in other to take care of myself and pay for my school fees with othe=
r bills. I was shocked when the Bank Manager explained to me that I will no=
t be able to with-draw from the deposited money, because my father had put =
a clause on the Will, which he used in depositing the fund with them, sayin=
g that before will be given access to the money, I will either have to be 3=
0 years old or if only I get married before the age of 30 , in which case, =
my husband will be legible to collect the money on my behalf by standing in=
as my late father=92s next of kin to claim the deposited fund on my behalf=
. Today I am only 25 years old. And I have no access to the money till I'm =
30 years. So, I'm contacting you to stand as my husband to claim this fund =
on my behalf and in case if you are married already, you can still help me =
by standing in as my late father's next of kin to the deposited fund. So, p=
lease get back to me as to know how you will be remunerated as I will part =
with 25% of the total sum =A350,700,000.00 (Fifty Million, Seven Hundred Th=
ousand Pounds Sterling),while 10% will be mapped out for any expenses that =
we're to use to receive the money from the deposited Bank. Please remember =
that I am writing you this email purely on the ground of trust so we can ac=
hieve this deal together. This transaction will last for two weeks after yo=
u get back to me on how serious you are to claim this fund on my behalf. Yo=
urs Truly, Kate Anderson.

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